Business Stories from February 12, 2018 (Change date)
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Farmers trained on using herbicide blamed for crop damageFeb 12, 2018 4:00 pm - MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Tens of thousands of soybean and cotton farmers across the country are taking free but mandatory training in how to properly use a weed killer blamed ...
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Denmark's TDC gets takeover approach, scraps MTG dealFeb 12, 2018 10:30 am - HELSINKI (AP) - Danish telecoms company TDC Group said Monday it received a sweetened bid from an Australian-Danish consortium for all of its shares. That led it to call...
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German auto parts maker plans expansion, 120 new hiresFeb 12, 2018 8:05 am - FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) - A German auto parts company is planning a $23 million expansion of its Fort Wayne factory that it says will create about 120 new jobs. ElringKlin...
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Box Office Top 20: 'Fifty Shades,' 'Peter Rabbit' top chartsFeb 12, 2018 5:05 pm - LOS ANGELES (AP) - The final installment in the "Fifty Shades of Grey" trilogy, "Fifty Shades Freed," topped the North American box office this weekend with $38.6 millio...
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Indiana city in jeopardy of losing animal health businessFeb 12, 2018 4:05 pm - GREENFIELD, Ind. (AP) - Officials in a small central Indiana city are awaiting a company's decision on whether it will sell or spin off its animal health business, a mov...
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Chobani CEO talks online groceries and yogurt giveawayFeb 12, 2018 12:01 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - In the span of a decade, Chobani went from being in just one supermarket to becoming the country's best-selling yogurt brand. It hasn't all been smooth -...
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Advisory board role: Advice, not decision-makingFeb 13, 2018 12:14 pm - Your choice: (1) An advisory board which, if it is typical, meets quarterly at dinner to listen and offer advice on issues raised by management or (2) what Cindy Burrell...
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Inside Trump's $4.4 trillion budget: more defense and red inkFeb 13, 2018 12:14 pm - President Donald Trump proposed a $4.4 trillion federal budget on Monday for fiscal 2019, a plan Congress is expected to all but ignore that would slash entitlements and...
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Lincolnshire Culver's set to open in mid-MarchFeb 13, 2018 11:45 am - The Culver's under construction in Lincolnshire is scheduled to open in mid-March. According to franchise owner Kevin Weasler, Culver's on Milwaukee Avenue, just north o...
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Feder: WGN finds Suppelsa's replacement in PortlandFeb 14, 2018 4:56 am - A longtime news anchor from Portland, Oregon, is close to signing on for the top job at "Chicago's Very Own" WGN-Channel 9, sources tell Robert Feder. The post has been ...